Monterey

Tuesday 6 April 04

 
Spent the day in Monterey, about 2 1/2 hours south of San Francisco.
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Spent the entire morning at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Pictures didn't come out so well, with the low lighting, the glass tanks, and the water.
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Blackeye Goby
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Spot Prawn
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Dead-center of this picture is a stingray who camoflauges into the sand.
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Sand dollars.
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These two stingray pictures were taken in a petting tank.
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This next batch of pictures were taken in an exhibit...
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...that represents the Monterey shoreline, half water and half land.
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Another petting area. Here you can pick up a hermit crab...
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hold it in your hand, and he'll walk off.
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Views of the bay, from an Aquarium porch.
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A couple of outdoor exhibits...
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...with turtles...
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...streams...
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...a bird taking a bath by a waterfall...
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Cormorants (I think)
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Swimming Anchovy Movie
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Northern Anchovy
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Tubesnout
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Decorator Crab
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Murre (Moor'-uh)
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Jellyfish
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Blackfooted Penguins
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Monkeyface Eel
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Leafy Sea Dragon. Looking at the picture, I can't remember which one is the fish and which ones are the seaweed. I guess that's the point.
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Tropical Seahorses
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Longfin Bannerfish.
It wasn't named the Finding Nemo exhibit, but that's what it is.
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Squarespot
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Caerulean damselfish
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Clownfish
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Sea otters
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A new jellyfish exhibit
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A turtle swimming in a shark and stingray exhibit
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Hammerhead shark
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After lunch, we went past Asilomar State Park
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...then over to 17 Mile Drive, where Pebble Beach is.
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Bird Rock
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...named for obvious reasons.
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The Lone Cypress
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Shepherd's Knoll
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